FUNDAMENTAL RESEAECH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENERAL THEORY OF BIOETHICS AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF IT'S METHODOLOGY

在进行了几次小组讨论和访问了几个与生物伦理学有关的机构，如医疗伦理委员会、德岛大学、大坂大学医学部心脏外科、大坂循环器官研究中心、东京大学医学电子学系等之后，我们举行了两次关于生物伦理学的大型研讨会。首先，我们在1987年2月举行了一次研讨会，主要由哲学家参加。在这里，我们探讨了当今日本可能的生物伦理学新方法。我们确认存在两种道德，一种是理想主义的，另一种是功利主义的。第二届论坛于1987年11月在日本召开，参加者包括医学家、医学家、医学家和医学家，但不包括哲学家。本文就脑死亡、热种植园、体外受精、基因操作等较富启发性的问题以及人类的未来进行了阐述，其最大的价值是为1988年11月成立的新的生物伦理学学会"日本生物伦理学协会"提供了依据。本协会由本研究小组核心成员组成，汇集了300多名跨学科领域的促进者，有望成为生物伦理学研究的中心。

AFTER HAVING CONDUCTED SEVERAL SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AND AFTER HAVING VISITED SEVERAL INSTITUTES CONCERNING BIOETHICS SUCH AS MEDICAL ETHICS COMMITTEE, TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, HEART SURGERY SECTION, MEDICAL SCHOOL OF OSAKA UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIRCULATORY ORGAN AT OSAKA, MEDICAL ELECTORONICS DEPARTMENT OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY, AND OTHERS, WE HAD TWO BIG SYMPOSIA ON BIOETHICS. FIRST, WE HAD A SYMPOSIUM IN FEBRUARY, 1987 MAINLY BY PHILOSOPHERS. HERE, WE DISCUSSED POSSIBLE NEW WAYS OF BIOETHICS IN THE PRESENT JAPAN. AND WE AFFIRMED THAT THERE EXISTED TWO WAYS OF ETHICS, ONE WAS IDEALISTIC AND ANOTHER WAS UTILITARIAN. BOTH ARE STILL ANTAGONISTIC TO EACH OTHER IN JAPANESE MENTAL STRUCTURE, AND IT IS URGENT FOR JAPANESE TO RECONCILE THEM IN A PROPER WAY.THE SECOND FORUM WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER, 1987, IN THE INTERDISCIPIINARY SCALE CONSISTING OF MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, IURISTS, OTHER THAN PHILOSOPHERS. HERE IS DISCUSSED ABOUT RATHER HEURISTIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE BRAIN DEATH, HEATH PLANTATION, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION, GENE OPERATIONS AND ALSO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MANKIND.THE VIGEST MERITS OF THIS STUDY WAS THAT IT RESULTED THE ORGANIZING THE NEW ACADEMIC SOCIETY FOR BIOETHICS "JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR BIOETHICS" IN NOVEMBER, 1988. THIS ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE CORE MEMBERS OF OUR RESEACH GROUP, AND COLLECTED MORE THAN 300 PROMOTERS FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS, AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME THE CENTER OF THE RESEARCH ON BIOETHICS.